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<refentry xml:id="function.com-invoke" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>com_invoke</refname>
  <refpurpose>Calls a COM component's method [deprecated]</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>mixed</type><methodname>com_invoke</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>com_object</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>function_name</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>mixed</type><parameter>function_parameters</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>com_invoke</function> invokes the method
   named <parameter>function_name</parameter> of the COM
   component referenced by <parameter>com_object</parameter>.
   <function>com_invoke</function> returns &false; on error,
   returns the <parameter>function_name</parameter>'s return
   value on success. All the extra parameters
   <parameter>function_parameters</parameter> are passed to
   the method <parameter>function_name</parameter>.
  </para>
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Don't use com_invoke(), use OO syntax instead</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// do this
$val = $obj->method($one, $two);
// instead of this:
$val = com_invoke($obj, 'method', $one, $two);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>

  &com.use-oo-instead;
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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